The Straits Times, 23 September 1984

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  • 454 1  -  GILLIAN POW CHONG By A DECISION on the recommendation to raise the Central Provident Fund withdrawal age from 55 to 60 and later to 65 will be frozen for at least two years. Speaking at the CPF Board's annual dinner and dance last
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  • 91 1 Protesters up against Marcos A DEMONSTRATOR raising his hand in defiance yesterday when riot police launched an attack on a protest rally near the presidential palace in Manila. A nun, who took part in the demonstration against President Ferdinand Marcos, said: "There was a stampede after the military fired their
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  • 382 1  -  ELENA CHONG in Bandar By Seri Begwan, Saturday THE coroner probing the death of Anti-Corruption Bureau adviser Ponniah Rajaratnam today explained the three options he faced in reaching an "open" verdict. And in doing so he said it was imperative that officers
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  • 338 1  - It's official: Lee Hsien Loong is a candidate PHILIP LEE PHILIP LIM Story: Picture MONTHS of speculation about whether Brigadier-Genoral (Reservist) Lee Hsien Loong will pursue a political career ended yesterday hp is to be a PAP candidate for the coming general election. He is expected to contest the newlycreated
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  • 66 1 BEIJING, Sat. China and Britain today announced simultaieously that a joint declaration on Hongkong':, future after 1997 would be initialled here on Wednesday. Beijing, unlike London, has never formally declared it has approved the text of the accord finalised earlier in the week. Western diplomatic sources noted.
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • Article, Illustration
      449 2 EXPATS PAID MORE: Expatriate executives are paid 46 to 95 per cent more than their Singapore counterparts, a salary survey of nearly 100 companies shows. The survey also shows smaller companies pay their executives more than big companies for similar jobs. Page 9 RECYCLING OIL: A $10-million
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      203 2 SUPREME COURT: Martina Navratilova may be the wonder woman now but the crown belongs to a 42-year-old mother, says Alan Hubbard. Margaret Court's record of winning 92 major championships in 16 years has yet to be bettered by anyone man or woman. Page 22 IMPENDING SWANSONG? Just three years
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    • 399 2 Riot police attack 2,000 anti-Marcos protesters MANILA, Sat RIOT police stormed through Manila's university belt today, chasing 2,000 demonstrators who held an all-night rally against President Ferdinand Marcos. The troops, outnumbering the demonstrators as they filled a street near the presidential palace, attacked with yellow smoke bombs,
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    • 449 2  -  LIAK TENG KIAT By Washington Correspondent NEW YORK, Sat. The Sultan of Brunei yesterday marked his country's admission to the United Nations by calling on the organisation to "discharge effectively" its responsibility for maintaining peace and security in South-east Asia. "For the unresolved foreign
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    • 89 2 UNITED NATIONS, Sat. Brunei, the UN'S newest member, yesterday presented US$l million (Ss2.l million) to Unicef, the UN children's fund. The cheque was handed over by Sultan Sir Muda Hassanal Bolkiah, Head of State and Prime Minister, following a flag-raising cere- mony to mark his country's
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    • 340 2 Dollar reels after news of higher US inflation LONDON, Sat. The Inlted States dollar plunged from Its record heights on foreign exchange markets yesterday, shedding most of its gains over the past week in hectic trading triggered by worse than expected IS inflation figures and central bank selling. The dramatic
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    • 940 3 THE backgrounds of the five new People's Action Party election candidates introduced yesterday can be said to be a microcosm of Singapore life. One has enjoyed financial security from childhood, one had to pick tennis balls to earn 75 cents a day, one is a Chinese-educated
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    • 86 3 A 22-YEAR-OLD who starts work this year for a monthly salary of $€M would, after S3 years of working, end up with more than $IM,tM In his account. This excludes the portion of his CPF used to boy an HDB flat. Combining his CPF balance and the
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    • 418 3 PROFESSOR S. Jayakumar, the Labour Minister, last night traced the history of the Central Provident Fund and gave two examples to show how citizens have benefited from it (see box on right). Established as a national compulsory savings scheme for workers in 1955, the
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    • 106 3 A 51-YEAR-OLD clerk, whe was drawing a monthly salary of $l«t In lStt, would have been working 21 yean by now. Keeping the same Job, he would have been able to bay a four room HDB flat tor $24,ttf In 1979 with his CPF savings and still
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    • 128 2 UP TO 1 p.m. Partly cloudy with showers in several areas in the morning.TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 25 min. SUNSET today: 7.53 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.53 a.m. TRAVELLER'S WEATHER Adelaide 915 Showers Manila 23 30 Fair Amsterdam Rain Melbourne 613 Showers Bangkok 23 33 Cloudy
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
    • 207 4 China, Britain to initial draft HK pact BEIJING, Saturday A SINO-BRITISH draft agreement transferring Hongkong to Chinese rule in 1997 will be initialled by both sides in Beijing on Wednesday, a government spokesman said today. The agreement would end 142 years of British colonial rule but would preserve Hongkong's capitalist
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    • 531 4 Hawke accused of trying to cover up organised crime CANBERRA, Sat. Australia's opposition leader Andrew Peacock, trailing badly in opinion polls before a likely December election, has gambled his political future by accusing popular Prime Minister Bob Hawke of trying to cover up organised crime,
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    • 111 4 TAIPEH, Sat. A man who set fire to a building and burn his friends to death was executed here yesterday, a court official said. The official said on Jan 21 last year, Ho Weitsai. 48, had a quarrel with his friends when they refused to
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    • 503 4 NEW DELHI, Sat. Vietnamese Communist Party chief Le Duan discussed the Cambodian crisis and his country's conflict with China yesterday with top Indian foreign policy official Gopalaswamy Parthasarathy, a senior government source reported. Mr Le Duan, who ranks above the
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    • 200 4 BEIJING. Sat. A dozen descendants of Confucius were expected to join more than 3,000 scholars and visitors today to celebrate the 2,535th anniversary of the birth of China's greatest sage. The ceremony was held at the Confucius Temple in Qufu, in the eastern province of
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    • 66 4 BEIJING, Sat. China and India made progress in a fifth round of border talks, which ended today, but they stopped short of examining claims for disputed Himalayan areas, an Indian spokesman said here. He added they narrowed differences over the guiding principles for an eventual solution,
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    • 405 5 Move to curb access to IMF funds Head-on clash between industrial and developing states looms MAJOR industrial nations yesterday seemed set to push through a modest reduction in the amount of funds developing countries can call on from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The five leading industrial nations in the
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    • 115 5 'Redford would be better than Reagan' WASHINGTON, Sat. When House of Representatives speaker Thomas O'Neill compares the presidential qualities of President Ronald Reagan, a former actor, to Robert Redford, an actor who has portrayed a politician, Redford wins. "This guy (Reagan) is a Robert Redford out there/' Mr O'Neill told
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    • 274 5 FBI cracks global ring faking video games WASHINGTON, Sat. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has broken a global video game counterfeiting ring, arrested five people and recovered fake video games worth US$l million (552.2 million). It also reported yesterday that an arrest warrant was issued for a Tokyo man suspected
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    • 153 5 BUENOS AIRES, Sat. President Raul Alfonsin yesterday ordered the creation of a special under-secretar-lat of human rights and publication of a report that says at least 8,9C1 people disappeared during the reign of the country's former military government. A decree said the new sub-secretariat of
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    • 90 5 Man who wed mother remarries NASHVILLE (Tennessee), Sat. A construction worker, who married six years ago only to learn the woman he had wed was his mother, has taken another bride. Mr Danny James Bass, 26, and Miss Brenda Maylene Watts, 25, were married on Wednesday even though the first
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    • 464 5 Reagan to propose high-level WASHINGTON, Saturday IN AN effort to break the deadlock in arms-control negotiations, President Ronald Reagan will propose to Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko next week that the United States and the Soviet Union intensify their contacts through more Cabinet-level meetings. Administration officials said yesterday it was hoped
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    • 186 5 Gromyko and Wu meet for talks at UN UNITED NATIONS, Sat. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and his Chinese counterpart Wu Xueqian met for talks yesterday at the Soviet United Nations mission. Spokesmen for the two delegations gave no details of the topics discussed and said the ministers, here for
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    • 66 5 Dow Jones NEW YORK, Sat. The stock market advanced in early trading yesterday after the Morgan Guaranty Trust lowered its prime lending rate, but then fell towards the close when no other major banks followed suit. The Dow Jones average was down nearly 11 points half-an-hour
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    • 375 6 Police mount operation to guard Scargill LONDON. Sat. Police mounted a big security operation today to guard MiArthur Scargill, leftist leader of Britain's striking miners, after a threat to kill him. as the 27-week-old coalfield walkout dragged on amid picket-line violence. Six thousand miners, some armed with air guns and
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    • 209 6 MOSCOW, Sat. President Konstantin Chernenko has made a five-minute nationally televised speech apparently designed to end rumours he was ailing, but technicians said it appeared prerecorded and heavily edited. Mr Chernenko, who turns 73 on Monday, seemed healthy though thinner than earlier in the year. His
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 67 6 NEW ZEALAND Prime Minister David Lange will hold talks on his government's plan to ban nuclearpowered and nuclear-armed ships from territorial waters with United States Secretary of State George Shultz in New York on Monday. The proposal has led to debate on whether the Anzus defence treaty
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      • 71 6 AT LEAST two people were injured yesterday when an explosive device went off outside a cafe in the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem's old city, police said. The charge, wrapped in newspaper, was thrown into the cafe but one of the customers quickly tossed it out into
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      • 79 6 IRAQ SAID yesterday that it had struck a "warning blow" against a petrochemical plant being built with Japanese help in the Iranian port town of Bandar Khomeini. The official Iraqi news agency quoted a* military spokesman as saying in Baghdad that the action was in retaliation to
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      • 52 6 NICARAGUA'S GOVERNMENT has decided to sign the Contadora Agreement oh principles for Central American peace immediately, Foreign Minister Miguel d Escoto told the foreign ambassadors in Managua on Saturday. But Father d'Escoto said his government wants the United States to sign the protocol annexed to the Contadora
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      • 68 6 VIETNAM YESTERDAY denied that it will discuss the fate of prisoners held in "re-education camps" since 1975 at a refugee conference in Geneva early in October. The announcement, in an official Vietnam news agency report monitored in Bangkok, appeared to set back White House efforts to
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    • 97 6 Early warning scanner of heart disease LONDON, Sat. A British research team has developed a revolutionary new scanner which doctors say would provide them with early warning of heart disease, the nation's biggest killer. This was announced yesterday at the Royal College of Surgeons in London, when a £1 million
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    • 209 6 Top Italian financier facing 'bank collapse' charges dies MILAN, Sat. Italian financier Carlo Pesenti died in Canada on Thursday, a day before he was to appear in court on charges stemming from the collapse of an Italian bank with connections to the Vatican, his aides said yesterday. Mr Pesenti, president
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    • 225 6 NICE (France), Sat. Dr Christiaan Barnard, pioneer of life-sav-ing heart transplant surgery, said yesterday that he supported euthanasia and added it was a physician's responsibility to give terminally-ill patients "a good death." "We should not prolong life uselessly, even when the technical means exist/'
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    • 153 6 Wow! But not a flutter of the heart WOW and flutter are more often associated with hi-fi sets than with the joys of motherhood. But that* was partly what Betsy Snelth felt when she gave birth to her first baby last Sunday. Not a flutter* went through Betsy's heart in
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    • 143 7 Church annuls baptism of Jewish boy MIAMI, Sat. In a rare and possibly unprecedented move, the Catholic Church has annulled the baptism of a seven-year-old Jewish boy who is the object of a custody battle between his divorced parents. Archbishop Edward McCarthy declared the annulment of Robert Roffman's baptism at
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    • 265 7 WASHTNGTON, Sat. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has become well-nigh uncontrollable in the last 10 years, with nearly all decisions taken only by Director-General Amadou Mahtar M'Bow, the General Accounting Office (GAO) of Congress said here. Its scathing report emerged
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    • 210 7 BEIRUT, Sat. A four-hour artillery battle between government troops and Muslim militiamen engulfed the hills east of Beirut today and sent shells crashing around American ambassador Reginald Bartholomew's home. "The ambassador slept through the shelling, and I believe (US Assistant-Secre-tary of State) Mr Richard Murphy did
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    • 160 7 Netherlands joins Red Sea search for mines CAIRO, Sat. The Netherlands has joined the multinational search for mines in the Red Sea, which moved back into high gear after an explosion that damaged a Saudi ship and the discovery of devices believed to be mines. The French, who had planned
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    • 657 7  -  LOUIS HEREN'S VIEW From London IN EUROPE the harvest is gathered in and wars or manoeuvres begin in September. It waj ever so because men must have enough to eat before they kill each other. This year is no different, and the British army
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  • ASEAN NEWS ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 309 8 Laos plans to block Thai bid for UN seat BANGKOK, Saturday THAILAND is campaigning hard for a seat on the United Nations Security Council but Laos wants to sabotage the effort, a senior Foreign Ministry official said yesterday. Mr Nitya Pibulsonggram told a news conference that sonior Foreign Ministry officials
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    • 277 8 JAKARTA, Saturday PRESSURE mounted yesterday for an independent "Aquino-style" investigation into the bloody rioting last week in Tanjong Priok north of here. "We would like to see an independent investigation into the incidents, like the one that is investigating the (Benigno) Aquino case in
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    • 140 8 NEW YORK, Sat. An United States-based Filipino opposition group, believing the pen is mightier than placards and bullhorns, has started an international playwriting contest to mark the 12th anniversary of the imposition of martial law in the Philippines. Details of the competition, which also
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    • 218 8 Don't leak reshuffle list, Thai army ordered BANGKOK, Sat SUPREME Military Commander Gen Arthit Kamlang-Ek has ordered the army personnel department not to release the list of the coming reshuffle of colonels and junior officers to the press. The move was aimed at plugging any possible leakage before the reshuffle,
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    • 48 8 JAKARTA, Sat. The Indonesian authorities today refused to renew the visa of AFP bureau chief Gilles Bertin, who has been here for nearly three years. No reason was given, although observers said the government has been hardening its attitude towards the foreign press. AFP
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    • 460 8 THE Gerakan party, a member of the ruling National Front, will come under the spotlight of Malaysian politics this week. The party will hold elections on Saturday, INCUMBENT Gerakan president and the Perak State Senior Executive Councillor for Public Works, Datuk Dr Lim Keng
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    • 353 8 Four in straight fights for the two top posts KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Gerakan party, a component member of the ruling National Front, is set for an all-out fight for the party's top leadership when it holds its national assembly next week to elect
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    • 294 8 JOHOR BARU, Saturday THE Johor Tourist Association (JTA) is planning to ask the Road Transport Department (RTD) to issue entry permits for foreign vehicles entering the country at the Johor end of the Causeway. JTA honourary secretary, Mr T. M. A. Kader, said here
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    • 248 8 KUALA TRENGGANU, Sat. Natural gas is expected to replace oil to a large degree in electricity generation, transportation, industrial applications and household uses, when the peninsular gas utilisation project is fully implemented. The multi-million dollar project, to be carried out over
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    • 146 8 Scorpion tanks: Ministry warning KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Defence Ministry will not hesitate to take stern action against any military personnel or civilian if they were involved in any malpractice in the purchase of the Scorpion tanks, Deputy Defence Minister Abang Abu Bakar Mustapha said today. "If any individual has
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    • 62 8 JOHOR BARU. Sat. A signboard indicating the amount of toll drivers have to pay at the Causeway has been removed. The signboard was still up two days ago. Works Minister Datuk S. Samy Vellu's press officer, Mr G.S. Param said the authorities had ordered the signboard to
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    • 132 8 Singapore **&^mmß^ I >^^^^*^* > V W celebrate Garden Ballroom, Royal Holiday Inr, Singapore >^ 4 A 7b^*Sl I A traditional German Beer Drinking Festival that 'v 3^. J *lW&}/7 I celebrates more than just hearty guzzling of frothy \X W iifc^Vite I beer. Carouse to the oom-pah-pali beats of
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 984 9  - Expats earn up to 95 pc more survey EVANGELINE GAMBOA By Remuneration gap EXPATRIATE executives here get from 46 to 95 per cent more than local executives of the same rank, a comprehensive salary survey in nearly 100 companies here showed. Taking into account the differences in responsibility, expatriates in
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    • 451 9 THE first opposition woman candidate for the general election, introduced by the Singapore United Front yesterday, came out fighting for nongraduate mothers. Madam Gertrude De Gracias, 37, herself a nongraduate mother of two, roundly condemned the school registration priority given to children of
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    • 277 9 SIA club opens doors to top civil servants CIVIL servants in Division One and higher positions are invited to join the $10 million Singapore Airlines Group sports club in Changi. Applications have been accepted from those in the Health and Labour ministries since last month and invitations to the Home
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    • 287 10 Two men let off as key witness died Sino-British case TWO men accused of corruption involving $100,000 were given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal yesterday because of the death of the prosecution's principal witness. The prosecution applied to a district court for the discharge of Dr Lai Kuen
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    • 180 10 BOTH clubs have little in common but they have given expression to a nationallytouted value the young caring for the old. At Kim Seng community centre, members of the boys' club help out in the activities of its senior citizens' club
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    • 680 10  -  LILLIAN CHEW By A WOMAN has been appointed into Oversea-Chi-nese Banking Corporation's inner circle of senior management for the first time in its 52-year history. Mrs Theresa Foo, who is in her early forties, will join the bank as an assistant general manager
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    • 256 10  - PPD to help farmers IQGi rid ot unwanted sows NGIAM TONG HAI By PIG farmers are to get help from the Primary Production Department in the disposal of sows which are unwanted because of the present pig glut. Farmers have been asked to send the sows for slaughter at abattoirs.
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    • 551 10 3 PPD officers to attend KL meeting THREE Primary Production Department officers will take part in a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (Cites) seminar in Kuala Lumpur next month a clear indication that Singapore will sign the
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    • 147 11 A MAMMOTH campfire and folk dance night, the organisers billed it. And quite an affair it was. The campfire site was the People's Association sports field at Kallang and there was not one, but two bonfires. About 6,000 youngsters from community centre youth groups and
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    • 267 11  -  CEPHAH TAN By WHEN fire broke out on a tug-boat in the South China Sea one day, the master and six crew members abandoned the vessel without taking their radio along. The tug-boat sank and the seven survivors drifted in their life raft
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    • 113 11 A WOMAN motorcycle pillion rider died in hospital after a road accident at the junction of International and Neythal roads on Friday. Madam Tan Ah Eng, 24, suffered head injuries when the motorcycle she was riding hit the rear of a car, which had stopped after
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    • 296 11 Streaming I policy under fire from Dr Ow THE Education Ministry came in for a "blasting" last night for putting unnecessary pressure on children and for wanting to be even stricter with streaming. Firing the shots at the Ministry was Dr Ow Chin Hock, the MP for Leng Kee. He
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    • 412 11  - A good GCE 'N' level may beat a poor '0' JUNE TAN Employers will prefer it, says Dr Tay By E22E 4 Nothing could be further from the truth. It's like trying to get a super tanker to change course. A motor-boat can be turned around in a few metres.
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    • 220 11 THE task facing people who match school leavers with jobs is no longer just getting them to "think career" but to "think company". Mr Ng Kiat Chong, executive director of the National Productivity Board, said yesterday that in Japan, people change jobs within a company and
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    • 670 12  - Seaman's family wans on as search continues EVANGELINE GAMBOA By Picture by SINCE Thursday afternoon, the Leongs have practically lived next to the telephone. They are waiting for any news good or bad of Corporal Leong Chee Kong, 19, who disappeared at sea after a collision of two Singapore Navy
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    • 217 12 Chok Tong gives unions a tip on investment DEFENCE Minister and Singapore labour Foundation chairman Goh Chok 'long yesterday gave unions an investment tip. Buy offices now at the 18-storey union building of the SLF Complex in Thomson Road. Only one-and-a-half floors are left for sale to unions. "When these
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    • 273 12 Six make the finals oratorical contest HUSBAND and wife were among six finalists for a Mandarin oratorical contest, to be held at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Oct 2. They were chosen from among 24 contestants in a two-hour preliminary round yesterday at the SCCCI conference
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    • 244 12 MOST of Singapore's charitable elite were at the Lstana yesterday to receive instead of to give. They were on the receiving end of awards from the Children's Charities Association, which has raised $850,623 in the past year. Yesterday, the First Lady, Mrs C.V. Devan Nair, presented
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    • 673 13  -  GILLIAN POW CHONG By Jurong to have S-E Asia's first used lubricating oil company A $10-million project to refine used lubricating oil has been set up in Singapore the first refinery of its kind in Southeast Asia. A second refinery plant is being set up
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    • 629 13  - Did Sang Nila Utama not see a lion but a musang instead? PAUL JACOB By THAT we should be called Musang city, and not the Lion City, is to get closer to the truth than any of us might care to believe. Legend has it that Sang Nila Utama spied
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    • 170 13 Civil defence training will create ready pool for emergencies THE basic civil defence training which school uniformed members and teachers are now undergoing will provide a ready pool of people able to respond to emergencies. The Parliamentary Secretary (Education), Mr Ho Kah Leong, said that together they will promote a
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    • 95 13 A SEAMAN from South Korea told a court on Friday that he stole more than $800 worth of goods because a pickpocket stole about US$6OO (551,296) from him. But Gyu Bae, 24, pleaded guilty to shoplifting from Klasse Department Store in Peninsula Plaza, Coleman Street,
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    • 61 13 A NATIONAL service Special Constable, Jamaluddin )in Ibrahim. 18 was charged yesterday with the murder of am ther constable. Abdul Rahman bin Bujang, 21, in the main guardroom o( the Police Headquarte s in T.mglin Road on Fri<la> Jamaluddin was ordered to be remanded In the
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    • 62 13 A FORMER assistant art director of tlie Hyatt Regency Hotel, Victor Chew, 37, was charged yesterday with 20 counts of corruptly accepting a total of nearly $5,000 from Koford Prints Pte Ltd between February 1979 and January 1981 ;ts rewards for giving sales to the company. Chew was
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    • 20 13 DONORS can give blood at the Perumai Temple in Serangoon Road to-lay between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
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    • 475 14  -  RAV DHALIWAL Story: IT WAS a moment that Madam Cheo Mui Eng, 74, had waited for every day for the past nine months. She opened the door of the flat, paused at the doorstep, and slowly stepped in. And then, her face crinkled into
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    • 609 14 'Hell-drivers' jailed but sports cars not forfeited TWO expensive sports cars used in an early morning race are not to be forfeited but the court sent the two "helldrivers" to jail and slapped a five-year driving ban on each. Lawyers for both men will file notice of appeal and the
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    • 167 14 THREE Singapore MPs will attend the 30th conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association to be held at the Isle of Man from Tuesday to Oct 5. The MP for Ponggol, Mr Ng Kah Ting, who is one of three regional representatives for Southeast- Asia,
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      • 349 15 THE decision to put what amounts to a two-year freeze on any change in the CPF withdrawal age makes sense in several ways. It will not entirely remove the issue from the forthcoming election campaign but it will serve to deny opponents one of their arguments, which
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      • 152 15 What The Sunday Times reported on Sept 20, 1959 MOVIE star insures her bust for $250,000. Man insures against loss of wife's love. These are but some of the crazy insurance policies we have read about from time to time. Says Mr Leong Kwun Seng, a manager
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    • 1272 15 MAN IN THE NEWS: BRIG-GEN LEE HSIEN LOONG He was a shy and awkward youngster, and his long-time friends believe the army and marriage, to a girl he met at Cambridge University, made him a man. He became noticeably more confident and relaxed Friends say
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    • 931 16 Are whistle blowers doing the country a disservice? SEVEN DAYS I Peter Barnard SEVERAL years ago, a new breed of civil servants became fashionable in the United States. They are called whistle blowers and with good reason. More than two years ago the opening shots in the Falklands War were
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    • 477 16 AS I SEE IT I Chua BengHuat FINALLY it's out in the open Brigadier-General (Reservist) Lee Hsien Loong will enter politics. His case is an interesting illustration of how political rumours in which this country abounds are fanned when there is a perceived
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    • 1224 16 Why are local English plays so rarely staged? why are local English plays AS I SEE IT I David Birch IF you were to go to any of the 10 English plays being produced in this year's Drama Festival, you would discover that not one of them was written by
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    • 540 16 I SUPPOSE I should have taken the left turning instead of the right at Basement 3 of the Near West Plaza-Point, for I suddenly found myself in a big room filled with shopkeepers. They looked as if they had just been crying. There was a familiar face
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    • 1533 17 YOU'RE sitting in the economy class of a London-bound plane, looking forward to that holiday. But unknown to you, while you may have paid $2,363 for your return ticket, your neighbour could have forked out only $1,850. Undercutting of fares, already rife, has intensified
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    • 459 17 mmmmamsm THERE are ways and means for you as a passenger to get around the YIP fare. IN THE case of the London run, Singapore Airlines, British Airways and Qantas agreed in January this year to a group fare of $1,800 for a booking
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  • RACING
    • 331 18  -  EPSOM JEEP By VP 'N' Up is very much on the upgrade and should make it four-wins-in-a-row in Race 4 for Class 1 Div 5 horses over 1,200 m at Bukit Timah today. Winner of two races over sprint distances in Class 4 (1.400 m)
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    • 94 18 RACE 1: Second To None 11, Strongbow. Glamorous Charm, Rouge Royale, Shoot Up High, Two To Paris RACE 2: Drum Roll, Vent Fou, Fleet Foot, Glesca Toon, Chaya Timor V RACE 3: Scarlet O'Hara, Charming Lady, Beacon's Shine RACE 4: Contilibre, Bold Punter, I^agonda RACE 5: Best Bold, Keep
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    • 251 18  -  By TONTO Our man on the track SPEEDY Return To Reno 11, an impressive firstup winner in restricted terms, has the form to outsprint a Class 3 Div 3 field over 1,200 m in Race 3. The three-year-old Australian filly by Bold Flip,
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    • 413 18 RACE EPSOM JEEP RACING ED TONTO MARKSMAN WENG SOOK 3 Triumphant Return 11 Brilliant Ruse 8 Two To Paris 10 Rouga Royala 4 Beldale Proapact 1 11 Brilliant Ruse 4 Beldale Prospect 4 Beldale Prospect 6 Wonderful Season 3 Triumphant Return 2 Shoot Up High 10
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    • 5020 18 msmmmomam 2.00 class 3 div 5 1,200m kTXM 3# (Ratings: 81-71) ■MKHHi (Stakes: $17,500) 1 *****0 Second To None II 51 (81) Flying Fox-K Leong 6 nzg dl same (1400m) No showing in five runs this year; crowded at start, finishing 10th of 11 in Div
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    • 418 19 1974 King's Cup winner Rod Staples among those to appear before panel of stewards for alleged improper betting HONGKONG, Sat. Jockey Rod Staples, who captured the 1974 King's Gold Cup at Kuala Lumpur on Sir Carrick, is among three top Australian riders here
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    • 865 19 sdfas JOCKEY M. Junaidi was suspended for two race days, with effect from Monday, for careless riding on Tequila Sunrise in Race 3 at Bukit Timah yesterday. Jockey Tiley (Dawnglow II in the last race) will be shown the patrol film today.
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    • 2296 19 What a Great ($357) jolt! Big Chief books berth in the Gold Cup By OUR RACING TEAM JUST AS GREAT, a six-year-old Australian gelding by Eucalyp- tus, who had failed to finish in money in 14 previous outings, ~gave punters a big jolt by taking ;:Race 7 for Class 3
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  • OBITUARIES
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      223 20 IN LOVING MEMORY OF MR. WEE AH KIT DEPARTED 23RD SEPT. 1978 Always 'jm«mb««d by WIFE: Lim Kim Eng SONS: Richard Wee Yap Fait James Wee Boon Kan Henry Wee Boon Soo Herman Wee Boon Thong DAUGHTERS: Jcnru Wee Ngiap I an Irene Wee Ngiap Lian DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
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    • 162 20 MURUG A Y A RAJENORAN Age: 29 Departed: 14.9.84 The family of the late Murugaya Rajendran express their heartfelt gratitude and thanks to relatives and friends for their condolences, attendance, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement. Pooja prayer will be held at Sivan Tempi*, Serangoon Rd at
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    • 110 20 141 Deaths 141 Deaths Our dearest beloved father HENRY SIM KWANG HUNG aged 53 who passed away peacefully on 20.9.84. leaving behind Wif«: Mdm. Teo Guan Keng Daughter Sim Mong Hoon Sons: Sim Mong Seng Sim Mong Yew Future Son in-law Francis Tan Hang Kok Cortege will leave 105, Lorong
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      78 20 MRS ALFREDA TIE NEE V ARELL A AGE 65 passed away peacefully on 21st Sept 1984 at 6.18pm at Alexandra Hospital. Leaving behind her beloved Husband: Stephen Tie Min Tet Daughters Florence Tie Foong Sian Ruth Tie Nyet Sian Son-ln-Law Jimmy Tan Buang Thong Grand -daughter: Atlele Tan
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      71 20 MR SIM CHENG CHWEE Aged 67 paiied away peacefully on 22.9.19*4. Leaving behind: Sons: Kim Seng (Henry) Kim Huat (Rodney) Kim Teck (Stanley) Daughter-in-law: Ruth Tan Daughter*: Poh Choo Poh Geok Poh Lain Son-in-law: Victor Yeo Grandchildren: Timothy Sim Bonita Sim Eugene Yeo Alina Yeo Grand-goddaughter: Jasmina Chan
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  • SPORT
    • 1291 20 Beyond the net curtain of soccer's fame game, the high-rise and downfall of a Cinderella club dsdfaf Of all Toshack's losses, I suspect the least talked about and most significant was the death of Bill Shankly. The old Liverpool sage was Toshack's mentor, the voice
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    • 188 20 PORTUGAL'S three main radio stations will, for the first time in more than 40 years, not carry live coverage" of this weekend's First Division matches. They said they were not prepared to become "hostages" in the row between Prime Minister Mario Soares' Government and
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    • 273 20  - Pahang duo on double mission FORMER Singapore national players Thambiah Pathmanathan and Rajagopal Suriamurthi have dual missions in today's Bardhan Cup soccer match between the Republic's Indians and Pahang Indians at the Toa Payoh Stadium (5 p.m.) The two stalwarts of the Pahang side will take the opportunity to impress
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    • 768 21 LOWdown on Sport/by Jeffrey Low What the good doctor ordered is so hard to swallow PROPHETS of doom may have been arriving on our shores with amazing regularity in recent times, but few have managed to create an impact as thunderous as Dr Desmond Oon this
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    • Article, Illustration
      463 21 Lady luck and hard work pays off at last for sweet Martina 4 IT was tough, but it was fun. That was what I've been waiting for all that time. I never thought it would be broken when Chris set it back in 1974. I got close in
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    • 183 21 Brett slams past Oakland NEW YORK, Sat. George Brett, still hobbling after a pulled hamstring, slugged a grand slam home run in the seventh inning last night to boost the Kansas City Royals to a 7-4 victory over the Oakland A's. The win snapped a twogame losing skid for Kansas
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    • 390 21 UNITED States Open champion Fuzzy Zoeller, who withdrew from this week's Panasonic Las Vegas golf invitational because of back spasms, will undergo exploratory surgery on Monday, according to his Attorney agent, Eddie Elias. "Fuzzy has been taking medication. The doctors believe it's a bone or
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    • 319 21 McEnroe marches into last four SAN FRANCISCO, Sat. Top seed John McEnroe shook off a first set challenge from Britain's John Lloyd, scoring a 6-3, 6-1 victory to move into the semi-finals of the Trans-Ameri-ca Open tennis tournament. McEnroe's opponent will be third seed Eliot Teltscher, a 36, 6-3, 6-4
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    • 752 22  -  Alan Hnbbard Courting the idea that Maggie would have ruled Ms Magnificent riiVMfryiiU'ifrLH SO Wonder Woman has done it again. Martina Navratilova's acquisition of the appositely named Lynda Carter Tennis Classic in Florida yesterday pushed her past Chris Evert Lloyd's all-time longest winning streak of 56
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    • 270 22 IS there something peculiarly prophetic in the decision of manager Bobby Robson to call up a man named Moses to lead England out of the soccer wilderness by invoking the first commandment of modem football: Thou shalt not pass? The inclusion of Remi Moses, of
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    • 312 22 WHETHER Muhammad Ali is suffering from Parkinson's Disease, Parkinson's Syndrome or plain oldfashioned punch-drunkenness, it is clear that he will never again float like a butterfly. Was it really 10 years ago next month that, deep in a purple African dawn, Ali so perfectly
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    • 42 22 Partina Shot WHILE Zola Budd is back in the old Transvaal, wondering whether she will ever make another record, there are reports that one she cut in Los Angeles has become a chartbuster. All together now: "It's a long way to Trip-a-Mary...
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    • 217 23 A splendid for hosts in Cup KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Malaysia bulldozed past Australian Forces North 12-4 to reach the final for the first time in the Malaysian Rugby Union Cup tournament here today. Malaysia scored a goal, a dropped goal, and a penalty goal to a try in a match
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    • 571 23  -  J. RAJENDR AN Sad Singapore suffer penalty blow By KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Shed a tear for Singapore. After playing their hearts out, they had to end up losers by a solitary penalty goal in their Malaysian Rugby Union Cup semi-final against New Zealand Forces at the Police
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    • 264 23  -  HAKIKAT RAI By DISTANCE runner G. Kris Jinan found the past creeping back on him yesterday as he tried to shake off his rivals in the 5,000m final of the Sonetti Italia third All-Comers track and field meet at the National Stadium. With about a 50m lead
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    • 185 23  - Veteran takes Laser lead TONY bagged the lead after two races of he Laser elimination yachting trials off Changi yesterday. The overall winner of the trials will be Singapore's beam to the Pacific Laser championships from Nov 23-30, and the Pacific Masters championships f rom Dec 1-7, in Thailand. Three
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    • 172 23  - Cops off guard in draw RELEGATION threatened Police gave a spirited performance to hold Ceylon Sports Club to a 2-2 draw in a Premier League hockey match at Farret P->rk yesterday. Former international Sarmokh Singh gave the cops a dream start in the fourth minute when he latched on to
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    • 218 23 NATIONAL bowler Ronnie Ng heads the list of qualifiers in the Queenstown Bowl Open championships after the second day of qualifying rounds yesterday. He scored a six-game total of 1,265 pinfalls, while Jimmy Ong pushed Jeffrey Tan (1,218) to third position with 1,247. Dennis
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 140 20 Your Sporting BOWLING Queenstown Bowl men's championships (Queenstown Bowl, 10.30 a. m.). CRICKET SCA Senior league: Tanglin Taverners v SCC Ist XI (Dieppe). UWC v CSC (Balestier Road), SRC v Armed Forces (Padang). SCC 2nd XI v SCRC (Padang). Junior league: SCRC v Tanglin Taverners (Balestier Rd). All at 10.30
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  • The Sunday Times Sportsfront
    • 699 24  -  BERNARD PEREIRA .and Yang makes all-China final By JAKARTA, Sat. It happened again. The "king" cracked up and the emperor reigned supreme to live for another day. For Liem Swie King, the 17-14, 15--13 loser of this epic 57-minute battle at the Idtora Senayan here
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    • 627 24  -  JANICE SEAH JOE DORAI By and IN the space of 36 hours Singapore sport has suffered a double tragedy. On Thursday morning, 19--year-old sailor Leong Chee Kong, one of the country's most promising judokas, was lost overboard in a collision at sea between two Republic
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    • 501 24 Picture by FOR a brief spell yesterday, it appeared as if Maqsood Ahmed's name would be inscribed on the honours list of the Anchor Singapore Open squash championship for the second time. But, much to the disappointment of the Kallang gallery who had been cheering themselves
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    • 274 24 FOR a fleeting moment, Third Division Hai Seng Park Rangers appeared heading for a rare President's Cup soccer record when they forced highly-rated Farrer Park Dynamos to an extra-time battle after a 1-1 full-time draw in the semi-finals at .la lan Besar last night. But
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    • 572 24  -  Tay Cheng Khoon sdfaf Reports by Little Miss Unbeatable wins one more for the album WHILE tennis queen Martina Navratilova was hitting the world's headlines with her record streak of 56 consecutive wins, Singapore's diminutive squash princess was working on her own collector's item. And the figures she
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    • 437 24 Loftus Road's perfect ten LONDON, Sat. Queens Park Rangers and Newcastle United shared in an incredible 10-goal thriller at the London ers* Loftus Road home in the English League First Division today. Gary Micklewhite snatched the last-minute equaliser for Rangers in the 5-5 draw after the visitors, remarkably, had led
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    • 206 24 The Sunday Times, September 23, 1984 I J 2-Year Guarantee HHHM SOU Ajc 9 ROXY (STORE) PTR LTD ■■■■■i 463 Tanghn Halt Road SmgapofeC3i4 Tel 6319M C^\THE WHOLE GOLFING WORLD W IS TALKING ABOUT... yffi^ The Revolutionary $3e Lightweight Clubs/ \X. U^ftMt3& the world's leader in golf club makirg is
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    • 1666 1 THE LOVER CHARGED AT 36, Selvam Karthigesu was still a bachelor living with his mother, handicapped sister and brother. When his elder brother, Sinnappa, died in January 1978, his sister-in-law moved in with her three children and love bloomed in the short space of
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    • CRIME
      • 150 2 LOVE LETTERS PRODUCED IN COURT From Jean to Karthigesu, on June 18, 1978: 'Imagine living inthe^same house, breathing the same air and eating the same food, yet the distance -oetween^ou and me is so great. Oh how I envy every "dbjed, brit-solid or gas, that is able to grace your
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      • 488 2 THE CONFESSED LIAR SALES manager Bandhulananda Jayatilake's evidence was the essential link to the chain of events tying Karthigesu to Jean's death. In the words of Karthigesu 's appeal lawyer, Mr R.R. Chelliah: "(It was like) hammering a large nail into the
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    • FASHION
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        320 3 PALETTE IMPACT Vibrancy in unexpected ways for cooler climes EXPLOSIONS of wonderful colour when least expected were a hallmark of the autumn-winter collections in Europe and America. They sparked up the mantailored lines and heavy tweedy textures of the autumnwinter clothes that designers showed recently. Vibrant splashes of lipstick red,
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      • 324 3 NOT all of us have the megabucks to invest in diamonds. Even if we did, they're not likely to be bigger than a carat or so. But now with the change of fashion climate and colours in the Western fashion capitals, accessories are taking
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      • 105 3  -  LIM PHAY-UNG Make sure all that glitter doesn't loose its shine by cleaning the stones with a barely damp cloth after every use. Store each piece separately wrapped in tissue or soft cloth so they don't get scratched or chipped. And, if you're worried the metal settings
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    • FOOD
      • 278 4  -  MARGARET NATIONAL Rugby Team skipper Song Koon Poh is a big guy who stands at 1.8 m and weighs 87 kg. But he wants to be bigger 90 kg. The skipper has to be big because he is a forward, a position
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      • 790 4 Chinese carrot cake started out without carrots. It originally consisted of plain rice-flour dough seasoned with garlic and soya sauce. Today it's filled with all manner of good things. MARGARET CHAN talks to a veteran carrot cake hawker about its evolution. CHINESE carrot cake (lu
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    • LOOK
      • 1250 5 Seven steps to read about if you want to avoid corporate culture shock sdf I CORPORATE culture is the new catch-phrase for companies in the '80s. It is also a management concept that has found its way here. At least, one Singapore company
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      • 315 5 fsdgs I DO your children know what to do in an emergency if you are not around? There are simple procedures to follow in most common childhood emergencies, such as fires, drownings, poisonings and injuries, animal bites and falls. Put unless children are told wiia* things
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      • 189 5 Sound guide to finding the right switch sdffa IF you want to turn off the power to a certain room but don't know which switch to flip, plug in a portable radio and turn it up loud enough to hear at the fuse box. When you flip the right switch,
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    • 2 6 ARTS BOOKS
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    • 1044 6  -  CAROL LIM SCULPTURE By WHEN the subject of public art in Singapore arises, two names immediately come to mind Ng Eng Teng (Wealth and Contentment at Plaza Singapura) and Tan Teng Kee (Endless Flow at Bras Basah Park). The works of
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    • 731 6 Throughout much of history, in most cultures, women have been relegated to the private sphere of societies while men played the public roles. Like that most famous of hermetic poets, Emily Dickinson, many women poets often wrote only for themselves or for a
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    • MIND & BODY
      • 448 7  -  ESTHER WONG By Marriage counsellor "ONE cool summer night I took a long walk round my block and made some decisions. "I would resign from my post as manager and as chairman of a; social service club I had been heading in my neighbourhood. "I would also
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      • 406 7 A MAN'S VIEW FOR some men, mid-life becomes a war zone threatened by numerous enemies. One such enemy is the hedy. It no longer responds as U,' used to. It is slower and, gerhaps, sagging, w His body doesn't look as ttod nor does
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      • 423 7 A WOMAN'S CONCERN DURING mid-life, the issue of identity comes to the fore for many women. The question, whether she cries it aloud or whispers it, is: "Who am I?" Many women have spent most of their lives doing what others wanted them to do and
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      • MEDICAL BRIEFING
        • 222 7 WHEN the wife of a man who has had a vasectomy becomes pregnant, it is a disaster in more ways than one. Along with the unplanned pregnancy the man fears his wife may have been unfaithful. As doctors have gained more experience of vasectomy, however,
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        • 201 7 PERHAPS fat is not fatal after all. A Japanese medical university team believes obese old people may live longer than slim, elderly people. The team reached its conclusions after surveying the records of the elderly in a suburb of the city of Nagoya. The survey, begun
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        • 138 7 IMPROVEMENTS in the way car seats are designed and changes in the relative positions of steering wheels and pedals could do much for the happiness of drivers who suffer from pains in the back, hip and thighs after a long journey. This discomfort develops if the small of
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      • 577 7  -  DR LEO BUSGAGLIA LIVING By American professor of psychology and best-selling author THE old advertising slogan, "So simple a child can do it," has taken on new meaning for me. For a long time I've been intimidated by the spectre of a computerised world.
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    • TRAVEL
      • 1179 8  -  MARCUS BROOKE By TAKE a train from London and explore the famous sights outside the city. Most journeys last about an hour and the round-trip fare varies between Ssl3 and S|2s. The good news is that entrance to most of these places is free, though Blenheim
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      • 245 9 HOUSE-PROUD Singaporeans are in for another treat. This Saturday, a brand new home furnishing fair opens at the World Trade Centre. Last week, there was an up-market interior decoration exhibition aimed at professionals in the industry. Mr Loo Leak Tiang, manager of Conference and Exhibition
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      • 1822 1 K< %«r V^M |M|^ •THE THIRD MAN. Thriller about an fl A >■ J^M kNitl fl I I American writer who arrives in Vienna and L^ t "W *V> V Jp rV k H __i'"^ IV J I finds a friend murdered. Oscar- winner for f? J 1L m^ V*
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      • 768 2  -  ALAN BOOTH By writing for The Asian Wall Street Journal THE position of women in Japanese society has lately been attracting an increasing amount of attention. So much so that the Japanese government has begun making gestures of compliance with its own commitments to the United Nations
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      • 69 2 LAUREN BACALL (right) and Elizabeth Taylor have agreed to co-star in Hedda And Louella. the dual autobiography of two of Hollywood's most famous gossip "queens" of the halcyon days of Hollywood. Unfortunately, publicist Patricia Fitzgerald, who had been working on the project and purchased the rights
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      • 508 3 Hollywood reaps its best box-office season HOLLYWOOD'S hottest summer is drawing to a close. And the film industry has it made with a cool US$l.6 billion (553.3 billion) in box-office takings the largest ever. The 15-week summer season contributes 40 per cent of the year's box-office receipts in America. Here's
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      • 344 4  - Packing too much INTO an hour JULIE TAN TV REVIEW By TOO little coverage of too many things. That's the trouble with SBC's new magazine series, Family Hoar (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Ch 8, 7.05 p.m.). Watching the show is like attending a buffet that has a promising array of
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      • 520 7  -  GEORGINA EMMANUEL CLASSICAL REVIEW By THE delicate face and extreme youth of Greek concert pianist Dimitris Sgouros are immediate box-office draws. Though countless little Mozarts may be providing pyrotechnical displays at concert halls across the world with the precocity of young gymnasts at the
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      • 420 7  -  CHOW SOOK YIN CHINESE RECOUPS I NEW SHOES, OLD SHOES Hoa De jian, Chen Lin and Zheng Xnfeng (Suwah) THIS is the first collection of works by Taiwanese composer-singer Hou Dejian since his return last year from China, where he went "to study music". The
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      • 232 8 IN case you didn't notice, we have started a new series on national heroes. Last week we featured India's Jawaharlal Nehru. This week we have Dr Jose Rizal, the Philippines' best-known hero. What does it take to make a hero? Many things, among them bravery and love of
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      • 83 8 Do you know When do people stop growing? People stop growing when their bones do. This is usually between the ages of 15 and 25. Bones are made up of living tissue, composed of special cells which secrete round themselves a material rich in calcium salts. In a child, the
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        43 8 There are eight things in drawing A that a*e missing from drawing B. How many can you find? ANSWERS: Ws s.Xoq uo »du)s sdeijs aoqs eueueq 3uo 'SMOjqaXa s,Ape| 'leqpueq uo uounq 'iead jo ws '3|dew jo jea| 'Suissiuj aJuejo aun
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      • 368 8 sdfsf THERE is a province in the Philippines that is called Rizal. There are many streets and parks named Rizal. Dr Jose Rizal made Filipinos proud to be Filipinos. When he was born in 1861, the Philippines had been under Spanish rule for about two centuries. Rizal did
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      • 54 8 PROSPECT (noun): a view, a scene; what one may expect to happen, outlook for the future; (verb) to make a search for minerals. PROSPECTIVE (adjective): that which is likely to be or to happen. PROSPECTOR (noun): one who prospects, especially for minerals (left). PROSPECTUS (noun>: booklet giving
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      • 632 13 27 Wanted BEST PRICES OFFERED for Pawnshop tickets. Gold. Silver, Diamond. Watch, etc. Call: Miss Lim. Jalan Besar, Sim Lim Tower. «03-14. tel: *****68 *****69 WANT TO BUY useable Kodak Colorburst 250 Instant Camera. Call John *****16 28 Health Centres/ Massage ORCHARD PLAZA HEALTH Centre, Unit 003-30, Ist floor, Orchard
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      • 658 13 36 House Renova- tion/Repair/Decor VAN CHENG CONSTRUCTION specialise In HDB renovation works (HDB licence No. B/N 2655). We contract ceramic, marble flooring, window grilles, plumbing, electrical works, etc. Reasonable price. Genuine materials, guaranteed workmanship and prompt service. Please call *****19 for free quota tlon. BUPER STANDARD RENOVATION Contractor. We specialise
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      • 593 13 49 Packing/Storage/ Delivery/Removal •20 PER TRIP for prompt and efficient office/ household or cargo removal Workers available. Call Edrol Transport *****70/ *****55 50 Office Equipment/ Supplies OFFSET PRINTING MACHINE for sale A.B. Dick 360 CD 11 3/4" x 17". Interested parties call *****37 Price: $9,500 negotiable. 57 Temporary Help/ Employment
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      • 704 13 TELEPHONE SERVICE: Monday Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm Saturday 8.30am to 2 00pm I lam deadline tor the Sunday Times) Public Holiday 9.00am to I.oopm COUNTER SERVICE: Times Orchard Centre. 02-105 Lucky Plaza Monday-Friday: 10.00am to 12 noon I.oopm to 5 30pm (4 00pm for next day) Times House, 390 Kim
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      • 829 13 CLASSIFICATION GUIDE: j Food/ Entertainment j Personal Services/ Merchandise j Business to Business j Employment Vehicles Properties Travel Guide J Education A Instruction I Announcements nun....... 1 76 Vehicles For Sale c) Datsun /Nissan 1992 DEC. NIBSAN Sunny I 3 OL PARF, atrcon, power windows, sports rims, cassette. $21,600 0.n.0.
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      • 829 13 ~76 Vehicles For Salt e) Ford ALMOST 1974 FORO Cortina 1 Alrcon, sports rims, radio cassette, new paint, road tax. tip top condition $2,800 Tel *****3 SEPTEMBER -S3 FORO Laser 1 Ghla Notchback 5-speed. manual, new lax. 1 owner, price $25 000 ono Tel Robert *****32 SPORTY ESCORT COUPE with
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      • 869 14 76 Vehicles For Sale t) Honda 82 HONDA ACCORD. KX automatic Aircond. sports rims. 2 owners $29,200 Tel *****72 g) Mazda 19*1 SPORTY LOOKING Mazda 323. I 5. complete with sports runs, radio cassette, aircond Highest offer secures Contact Wilson *****70 19*3 MAZDA 323 11. aircond. radio cassette, sports rims,
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      • 869 14 76 Vehicles For Sale I) Mitsubishi JAN. *1 MITSUBISHI Supershlft 1400, 3-door. one private owner, full accessories Selling $16,300 ono Tel: *****29 LATE 1990 SIGMA ItiOOGS. big bumper, 5-speed. asking for 5516.500. Interested ring *****00 View at Funos Mansion MAY 1979 COLT Lancer 1200 c c One private owner, alrcon,
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      • 784 14 76 Vehicle* For Sale 76 Vehicles For Sale J) Toyota J) Toyota Drive a great deal more. Test Toyota Corona today. JMf^^b^L^^^. Jama* BORNEO MOTORS For a great deal more ALJUMEDROAD TFL Z*****2 BUKIT TIVAHROADTFI *****5S 6 7 8 9 f AST COAST ROAD TE I *****16 *****04 LtNG Kf
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      • 743 14 76 Vehicles For Sale Others MID 19*2 RENAULT Gordlni Turbo, Blaupunkt system, highest offer secures. Tel: *****75 Gary. NEAR 1979 MINI Clubman 1000, new sports rims, radio, cassette. Tip top condition. $8,000 0.n.0. Call Patrick *****10. OCT. 1990, DAIHATSU Charade, XTE, alrcon, tuff-kote, good condition. $15,500 0.n.0. View at: 92,
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      • 782 14 76 Vehicles For Sale m) Motor Cycles/ Scooters GSX 750 SUZUKI, excellent condition, seldom use, price negotlable. Interested please call *****46 HONDA CB2SON. MAY 1981. Silver colour. Showroom condition View at »01-50. City Plaza, or call *****60, 12.00pm to 9 00pm HONDA MBX 125. New Insurance Selling SS79O Instalment 9
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      • 777 14 86 Accommodation Vacant a) Houses DIBT. 21. CLEMENTI PARK, cul-de sac, double-storey bungalow. 3 bedrooms, servant's, store large patio, $3,700 Unfurnished Fully furnished arrangeable Pager 273-3333 X 25 DIBT 18, 2-STOREY terrace/ Changi/ Bedok junction Unfurnished. 3 bedrooms, servant's. Near market/ hawkers' centre 81.150 Tel: *****50. No agents DIST. 11
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      • 653 14 86 Accommodation 86 Accommodation Vacant Vacant b) Apartments b) Apartments OPEN HOUSE Long or short lease Luxurious apartments to let with exclusive Country Club membership Just off Orchard Road and Scotts Road 3-bedrooms; large lounge; ample parking Furnished or unfurnished Rental from $4,525 per month including service charge Visit our
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      • 672 14 89 Proptrtwt For Sat* a) Houses DIST. 1027 L ANT AN A AVENUE (Off Holland Road) 2-storey luxurious semi-detach-ed. Freehold. 4 bedrooms, bathroom attached I servant's. 2 halls, large garden. 5 parking spaces Quiet surroundings Araa: 4,500 »q rt PRICE: $750,000 0.n.0. SIN HUA HIN HOUSING AGENCY Tal: *****57 (S
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      • 860 14 89 Properties For San) b) Private Apartments QUEEN MANSION 4-ROOMED Freehold, near MRT. shopping centre Dist 3 Price $300,000 negotiable Tel: *****91 Contact: Francis Lam EASTERN LAGOON. DIST. IS Virgo 2 bedrooms, high floor 950 sq ft $330,000 Contact *****98 (AgerU) $269,000 ONLY. JALAN Jlntan 2 bedrooms apartment High floor
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      • 878 14 I a^a»^— 89 ProptrtMt For Salt I d) HDB Apartments BOON LAY BLK 2M, 2nd storey, corner. 3-roomed. tiles flooring throughout. $35,000 negotiable Tel *****91 BOON LAY DRIVE 3-room. Blk 172. sth floor corner flat Selling $28,000 Tel *****53 Contact Mr Tan BOON LAY GARDEN 3-roomed flat, near to school,
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      • 489 15 89 Properties For Sale 89 Properties For Sale 89 Properties For Sale b) Private Apartments b) Private Apartments t) Private Apartments I Hill-top Luxury Residences 1 I Elevated locality. Easy Transportation fl I well-known St Nicholas Pn Sec School at I." JJ"* •■oS'iJJJJ I homes J s> «>^*"' f~» 1
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      • 158 15 91 Factory Spaces PRIME FACTORY: warehouse cum office space off Upper Thomson area Call *****33. 93 Office Spaces b) Rental GOLDHILL PLAZA 700 sq ft office space $1,200 p.m./ short term. Tel *****96 office hours Monday to Friday TO LET, 1 unit approx. 216 sq.ft., fully furnished, alrcon office at
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      • 71 15 nuvnaum 100 Air Travel OAMi NORA *****43 (Sunday), (9am -6pm) *****77 (Weekdays) Budget Airfares Jasons Travel =03-20 Orchard Towers (TA3IB). FOR ENQUIRIES ON Airfares Tours and Hotel Bookings. Call Glamso Tours, 38 Maxwell Road Tel: *****11 TA354. WORLD CHARTERS ORGANISATION 63. Robinson Road. -06-04 Afro-Asia Building, Singapore 0106. (TA 197).
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      • 856 15 102 Tours 102 Tours VE^ sbA|'Qi9ubbbbbmbbbb%bbbbbbb)DbbbT ''BbYv'b^^ 1 1 Wedding Honeymoon Tours I a^BA Dat*> of Ceremony 2nrtJunpl9BL 'Jp^^ ?9th Septemher 198b I JV^*«J v Date of Departure 3rd June 1985 i^B'.'^C T^Jp' 30th September 1985 I ■N yyig Venue: Neptune Theatre Restaurant H M !W Hor "-'v" 1< >on
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      • 879 15 102 Tours 102 Tours 102 Tours I NAM HO I I TRAVEL SERVICE IS) PTE LTD. H f I i 0 *\oobeatflD^ I4<toys Wast Coaat USA. )f Honolulu •Loe>Ao»e>l*«* 1 SanFranoiaoo^LMVagMiMMloot I 0 jM OtOy 881.8— Pep Ev.ry Moo (Full Chin— m— h) g! KOREA'S PARADISC ISLAND, CHEJU I g
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      • 293 15 112 Commercial/ Technical Leading to the Examinations of C&G. CEI. LCCI. GCE. VTTB etc. Diploma in Marketing Pubhc Relations Diploma in Managerial n^j,. > Diploma in Accounting Leading to UK Examination lOPM (Institute of Data Processing Management) Basic Programming Electrical Engg. Techn. e) Arcn. Draughtsmanship A i finiliiiiiiii w nnec**e*itcs<
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      • 538 15 1 i^—^— 108 Foreign 108 Foreign .^nsBBBSHaWB i ■p^^raHHBBIBBI RBm "^^^^BBaaaa^ bbbj aßßßT^aa^^l^B^r^Bl^aßT^^B^a^^Bßl ■Bk a^^^^^^^^H ■^L^^B^^^^^V^V^V^^^l^V Founded m 1936. Columbia College offers international students a wide range of academic programmes in preparation tor admission to universities in Canada and the USA e IST AND 2ND YEAR UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME in Arts.
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    • Saudi Arabia
      • Article, Illustration
        473 16 A THREE-PAGE SPECIAL REPORT PUBLISHED TO MARK SAUDI ARABIA'S 53RD NATIONAL DAY TODAY Government THERE is no written constitution for Saudi Arabia. The country is an absolute monarchy with no political parties or legislature. The king rules according to the Sharia, which is the sacred Muslim law.
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      • 851 16 SAUDI Arabia today has a large, costly and routinely cumbersome bureaucracy which, in the manner of all bureaucracies, generates much paper and tends to distance the ruler from the ruled. In most modern countries, this is of no great consequence; the ordinary citizenry do not
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      • 877 17  -  EDWARD O'SULLIVAN By of the Financial Times HAVING a working knowledge of Saudi Arabia's labour and commercial laws and an understanding of the Sharia, which ultimately governs the conduct of all individuals and institutions, is just the starting point for a newcomer
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      • 513 18 TWO male dancers or, sometimes, two rows of male dancers face each other. With numerous variations and sometimes brandishing long daggers or swords, they advance towards and retreat from each other. These variations in movement gave the Arabian folk dances their names, and the Ardha
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      • 455 18 DEFIANT eyes; broad, shiny feathers which are pale in colour; and the promise of strength. This is the falcon, the main actor in a Saudi Arabian national sport. Falconry is a favourite with sportsmen in the country because, like other sports which involve live animals,
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    • Page 16 Advertisements
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      • 65 16 .j HM King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, the Government and the People of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on their National Day. Greetings from UNIJAYA GROUP OF COMPANIES 10, Anson Road. #10-1 1 10-12, International Plaza. Singapore o2o7 UNIJAYA HOLDINGS (PTE) LTD UNIJAYA OVERSEAS (PTE) LTD i> UNIJAYA PREFAB
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      • 261 17 Best Wishes to I The Government People I of Saudi Arabia I on their National Day I INDO COMMERCIAL SOCIETY PTE. LIMITED INDO COMMERCIAL SOCIETY (M) SDN. BHD j ICS HOLDINGS PTE. LIMITED ICS REALTY PTE. LIMITED K. ALIM DEEN PTE. LIMITED SAFEENAZ COMMERCIAL (S) PTE. LIMITED DIMENSION ALLIED WOOD
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      • 134 17 c^onfratuktions <&7 the Government and the People of the Kingdom of Interglobal Fareeda Enterprises Pte Ltd (Exporter of Plywood Sawn Timber) 93 Market Street #07-02 CYS Building Singapore 0104 P.O. Box 1671, Singapore 9033 Tel: *****2 Cable: INTERGLOBE Telex: FAREEDA RS ***** Best Wishes to The Government People of Saudi
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      • 238 17 The Government and People of Sciudi Arabia on their national Day JttMJEfl Travel Tours Re Ltd 151, Chin Swee Road #10-13,-Manhattan House, S'pore 0316 Tel: *****55 (5 lines) General Sales Agent: Saudi Arabian Airlines, Singapore Best Wishes to The Government People of Saudi Arabia on their National Day A. MOHAMEDALLY
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      • 378 18 I KING FAHD BIN ABDUL AZIZ AL SAUD, I I THE GOVERNMENT AND I I THE PEOPLE OF SAUDI ARABIA I I ON THEIR NATIONAL DAY I I THE BOMBAY TRADING CO. (PTE) LTD I #06-00, Bank of East Asia Building, ■^B B I I Merchants of Timber, Wood Products,
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      • 76 18 (orifflatularions We wish the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia all the best on the occasion of their National Day. BR)hHeng~ Auwiiun.f tn»« anri atvurm \J ALKANAAH POHENG JEWELLERY PTE LTD (A member of Poh Heng Jewellery Group) People and Government of Saudi-Arabia on their National Day from MJV. AL-ABDULRAZAK Cable Address
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      • 55 18 E BEST WISHES The Government People of Saudi Arabia on their National Day from MOM AMEDALL Y SONS Rooms 31 32 3rd floor Nunes Building 9 Malacca Street. Singapore 0104 axwefl Road P0 Bo* 1603. Singapore 9032 Telephones *****95.*****40 MOHSONS Telex R*****2 A B MOHSON Importers. Exporters ot Spices. *roduce.
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    • Photography
      • 632 19  - More than just a pretty picture show DAVID TAY A THREE-PAGE SPECIAL PUBLISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 35TH SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL SALON OF PHOTOGRAPHY By Honorary Secretary, Photographic Society of Singapore THE Singapore International Salon of Photography has a history dating back to 1950. The first show was organised by the
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      • 253 19 VENUES DATES: National Museum (For prints) 10 a.m. 5.30 p.m. DBS Auditorium (For slides) Sept 26 and 30 8 p.m. ADMISSION: Free OVERWHELMING response and the high quality of entries received for the 35th Singapore International Salon of Photography clearly indicates the worldwide reputation gained
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      • 158 19 Organise workshops for serious picture taking 4 THE Photographic Society of Singapore deserves con gratulations for playing an important role in the promotion of photography and for its effort in presenting the Singapore International Salon of Photography this year. This salon of international repute is a show case of some
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      • 349 20 THE Photographic Society of Singapore has finally settled down at its recentlybought new clubhouse at Geylang Lorong 7, #01-06, Singapore 1438. The idea of buying a new clubhouse was revived by the council of the society two years ago when it feared that the premises at
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      • 547 20 NEW PRODUCTS Canon T7O WITH the Canon T7O, computerisation has moved into photography. This fully automatic SLR has no conventional levers, dials or knobs. Everything is computerised through an eight-bit microprocessor that can receive and process 1,200 different commands. A large LCD panel on the top
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      • 240 20 dsfs PSA gold medal: (Traditional) R. Persall (Australia) (Contemporary) Ong Hock Seng (Singapore) Pewter award: Tsai Ching Hsiang (Taiwan) Tjien Hoa (Indonesia) Vermeulen Eric (Belgium) Klaus Kemesies (W. Germany) Karl Bammer (Australia) Gerardus van Mol (Holland) Low Liak Leng (Singapore) Tan Chor Yong (Singapore) Heinrich Sperer (Australia) Kwong
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      • 264 21 R MESSAGE From ANQ CHWEE CHAI President Photographic Society of Singapore /THE 35th Singapore International Salon of Photography coincides with the celebration of Singapore's 25 years of nation-building. It is with great pride and satisfaction that The Photographic Society of Singapore stands together with the rest
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      • 111 21 The top three colour entries MATCH out! Here comes a giantatic wave! This colour slide (left) which freezes the moment when the surf crashes on the men wins the Photographic Society of America (PSA) gold medal under the traditional section. R. PersaH from Australia bags the prize for his entry,
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    • Page 20 Advertisements
      • 113 20 '%&iiSil Witn e Minolta X-300, you're sure to go to the top 'jJrBBBf: of your class Because tne x ~3°o stands at the top |^«E of its class: a versatile, classy 35 mm SLR &H9K performer that combines a wide range of fiH^Hf ok well-matched features. S^^^K K* Here's what
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      • 333 20 you too can have in6 D6sc snoCi Suddenly great picture a What vou need to do quality doesn't belong to r_?ls^|| V_ IS |USt t0 focus and professionals alone ■Klwllll shoot That's all You too could have it. The combination of its Thanks of course to the full-frame format and
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      • 541 21 Canon I B^v 9*^ff^w IVII W new Tedmo-camera Just one look won't be enough. I I I Vj^k W Dual Metering System Jdva^cld' eS-{o°uLVclme°ra in the H P> N W V U ha ve m re C^ ntrol over microprocessor does the thinking for h^ Centre^weiqhtedl^l you and is capable
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    • PERSONALITY
      • 779 22 TONY KEMP meets cinema's 'heartless executioner', star of hits like The Mechanic and Death Wish HIS films have had cinema audiences on both sides of the Atlantic springing to their feet and cheering wildly as he mowed down the "baddies". It's no secret that
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      • 479 22  -  PHILIP COOREY VIDEO By YOU have a choice of these three Bronson films; I didn't. I had to watch them all, and watching Charles Bronson do his thing three times running was a bit much. It would be a strain even for the
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    • Page 22 Advertisements
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